When you were getting ready to graduate from high school, you probably heard a lot about how different college was going to be and how to get yourself prepared for
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Nobody starts taking painkillers with the intention to become addicted, and for many people, painkiller addiction starts innocently – with a legitimate prescription meant to alleviate real pain. Nevertheless, the
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Living with a mental illness is hard. It can also be hard to love, show support, or live with someone who has a mental illness. The words “mental illness” encompass
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FOMO, or fear of missing out, is the sense that you need to stay connected to what others are doing because otherwise, you may miss out on something rewarding or
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Prescription opioids and abuse by teens is a real problem, and it doesn’t just affect adults. Drugs have always been a concern for parents of teenagers. But these days, parents often
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You know that depression can be a serious condition. But do you know that there’s more than one type of depression? What most people are thinking of when they talk
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Navigating the teenage years with a chronic illness or disability. This is a developmental period when peer relationships and fitting in are especially important, and chronic illness can complicate that.
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Invisible illnesses like fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, Lyme disease, and others are often not well understood even by the medical community and the people that suffer from these disorders. It
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No parent or teacher wants to think that they’ll need to help the teenagers in their care cope with the aftermath of a school shooting. But the reality is that
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The media’s lackadaisical portrayal of substance use and addiction has long contributed to teen experimentation with drugs and alcohol and long term addictive behavior. Despite community efforts to provide deglamorized
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